Dartmouth’s provost raises a tension we should examine.

Convocation address at University of Maine - Augusta (9/18/26)

Settler violence is reaching new heights.

A recent Inside Higher Ed interview describes in unusually candid terms an increasingly popular—and problematic—view of the president’s role.

The way to stop cheating is to worry less about cheating and more about learning.

The president wants the new fleet of aircraft carriers to more resemble those from World War II. Such a change could cost billions.

Making space for student self-regulation is good, actually.

Why I won't be making use of Pangram.

Play Washington Post's daily crossword puzzles online for free.

Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?

AI is rapidly changing the conversation about postsecondary value because it changes the production function of postsecondary education and academic What does AI mean for the value of postsecondary ed...

Trump’s attempt to drum up a third red scare is certain to fail.

We don’t have to despair when there are clear alternatives.

The US Library Survey examines how library leaders conceptualize their work—what they prioritize, how they navigate decision-making, and how they align the library with the goals of their parent insti...

“And so perfect parallel constructions fill the lecture halls, the take-home tests, the school newspapers, and perhaps even the idiom of student chatter.”

This is the business of college.

Keene on Books is back with an episode discussing Daniel Kraus's 2025 novel, Angel Down. Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by Celia Rabinowitz, the Assistant Vice...

A New Hampshire Republican. A German Holocaust denier. A suspicious bottle of baby oil. An NPR investigation reveals how the alarming rise of antisemitic conspiracy theories reached a state capitol.

How many times does Sal Khan get to fail?

People who use AI to produce text are doing something else, which is fine for them, but it's not writing.

We sat shiva when my mom died.

"We" are definitely smarter than AI.

Keene on Books is back with an episode discussing Daniel Kraus's 2025 novel, Angel Down. Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by Celia Rabinowitz, the Assistant Vice...

Last month, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin <a href="https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025/12/uw-receives-approval-to-move-l-ss-largest-majors-to-new-ai-focused-school...

If higher ed becomes the transactional model, only now with AI, we’re in big, big trouble.

A conversation about transitions, scarcity and alternative academic careers.

“Remember that we want candidates to feel as comfortable as possible so they perform to the best of their ability. Whatever we can do to put them at ease gives us a more realistic baseline fr…

To produce interesting writing, more is not necessarily better.

I got fired. I guess that is not precisely true. I took a “voluntary” separation incentive to leave my position. It doesn’t feel voluntary. This winter, close to thirty tenured fa…